Who is the person named the Mahdi / Mehdi ...

Here are a few examples … Ahmad Ibn Hanbal is quoted as saying: The Prophet Mohammed said «Allah will bring out from concealment al-Mahdi from my lineage and just before the Day of Judgment; even if only one day were to remain in the life of the world, and he will spread on this earth justice and equity and will eradicate tyranny and oppression.» (Tirmidhi) Hadhrat Ali is quoted as saying: The Prophet Mohammed said «Even if only a day remains for Qiyamah (means, the End of Days) to come, yet Allah will surely send a man from my lineage who will fill this world with such justice and fairness, just as it initially was filled with oppression.» (Abu Dawood) (Tirmidhi) Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mas'ood is quoted as saying: The Prophet Mohammed said, «This world will not come to an end until one man (referring to Mahdi) from my progeny does not rule over the Arabs, and his name will be the same as my name.» Although some people have claimed that there are clear signs of his coming mentioned in various other Hadith, a closer examination of the prophecies/predictions shows that they are not really accurate, since a lot of the dates do not exactly correspond to the occurrences of the events, or the prophecies/predictions were so general that it could have been an easy guess that something like that would happen in the future. Therefore it is not worthwhile including them in this article. Among the Islamic scholars there is much debate as to whether this person does exist or will actually ever exist, since the Hadith might not be authentic, and might not correspond to the inspired divine words of the Prophet Muhammed. As with Christianity and the resurrection of Jesus, Islam sees the Mahdi/Mehdi in a similar way, not as the resurrection of the Prophet Mohammed, but as a messianic figure that will bring the people back to the light of Islam and so on and so forth. There have been a few people in the past who have claimed to be the Mahdi/Mehdi, as is the case with Christians where a lot of people claimed to be Jesus. And now a short reminder of the early travels of Billy: In 1967 Billy and his now ex-wife, Kalliope continued their travels towards the Far East, namely to Karachi, West Pakistan. During their stay they were both taught about Islam. Billy’s reason to study Islam was because of his task to get to know the world religions and to learn them thoroughly.